“Whilst I know there will be a lot of people that are very favourable towards these changes, overwhelmingly the business community seems to be bearing the brunt of the impact.”
–John Christie, Otago ChamberODT Link

Uploaded on 18 Sep 2006. — Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle! / I want to ride my bicycle / I want to ride my bike / I want to ride my bicycle / I want to ride it where I like / You say black I say white…

Published on 6 Mar 2012. Sons of Silence. — I rise in the morning, and greet the day / pull out the bike and I’m on my way / The transportation shows I care / Every turn of the pedal – cleans the air…

Published on 3 Jul 2012. — Riding on my bike on a Tuesday night I’m collecting rhymes / I pedal to the left then I kick it to the right and then I change my mind / I met a man who’s shipping bikes to Africa…

SPOKES Dunedin
Webinar: The business case for improved cycle infrastructure
To facilitate an open discussion of the protected cycle lane issues amongst the business community, the University of Otago’s School of Business – Department of Marketing and SPOKES Dunedin are co-hosting a free national online webinar next Wednesday (November 20) at noon. This webinar features Denver Chamber of Commerce’s CEO, Ms Kelly Brough.

Ms Brough will speak about the business case for improved cycle infrastructure and Denver’s experience with cycle lanes. Please go to our Facebook event page for more information and to RSVP. Everyone is welcome to join online.

Hi-vis clothing ‘ineffective’http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/281499/hi-vis-clothing-ineffective
Middle-aged men appear to be the group most at risk of being killed cycling, and wearing high-visibility clothing is no guarantee of survival.
Those are among conclusions of a coronial inquiry into 13 cycling deaths, which also took account of 81 others since mid-2007 – representing an average of more than 15 a year.
The victims ranged in age from 6 to 93, with an average of around 46 years, and more than three-quarters were male.
Coroner Gordon Matenga said he was surprised to find that 58.5 per cent of deaths were the result of cyclists’ errors, which was “contrary to every submission to me which suggested that motorists were deemed to be responsible in most cycle crashes”.

Maybe, John. Bicycles are council’s distraction from having to reduce the consolidated debt the city drowns in. Cull’s bankrupting method is to have the council spend its way out of debt, he thinks. Large printing presses have been installed in council basements to print new money.
+$47 million lined up for the whole of the cycleway network project – debt-funded with a slice from NZTA, all for a city in decline and a university that’s finally feeling the heat of competition.